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What is a pierhead?

What is a pierhead? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The end of a pier farthest from shore. [from 17th c.]
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It came floating like a tethered cloud past the little white toy-like lighthouse at the pierhead.
When the steamer left the pierhead her deck was thronged with passengers.
From a flagstaff at the pierhead, the red ensign of England was displayed.
Other works in the first phase, which will be spread over three years, include buying and demolishing property and new builds within the pierhead area.
I say, Mr Frobisher, did you happen to notice a yellow-skinned chap standing on the pierhead as we left the dock?
Whilst taking passengers on board, a carriage arrived at the pierhead for embarkation.

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